Traffic law to change again
The Permanent Committee of the National Assembly approved a number of amendments to the Traffic Law on December 22, sending them on to parliament’s 7th plenary session for final ratification on Monday. NA spokesman Leng Peng Long said the committee decided on amendments to nine articles of the Traffic Law based on requests from the NA’s 9th commission and government officials. The 9th commission met with government representatives last Wednesday to review potential changes to the law and discuss urgent requests for amendments. The parts slated to change are article 40, about the kinds of licenses needed for certain vehicles, article 48 on the technical characteristics of vehicles, article 75 on vehicle arrests, article 77 on the use of fake documents, article 82 on unintentional murder and article 90 on criminal lawsuits. Mr. Peng Long did not explain how these articles would be changing or what they will be replaced with, but last week, Prime Minister Hun Sen came under heavy fire from critics for some of the amendments that were leaked to the press.
